A systematic review of immersive virtual reality applications for higher education: Design elements, lessons learned, and research agenda

Radianti, Jaziar; Majchrzak, Tim A.; Fromm, Jennifer; Wohlgenannt, Isabell

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2019.103778

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“…Two recent systematic reviews on VR in higher education (Kavanagh et al, 2017;Radianti et al, 2020) have reported positive findings. Kavanagh et al (2017) published a systematic review on how and why educators use VR in their teaching, and the limitations they experienced.…”

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“…Authors generally agree that VR first emerged in the 1960s, became commercially viable in the late 1980s, and experienced a surge of interest through the 1990s (Cipresso, Giglioli, Raya, & Riva, 2018;Merchant, Goetz, Cifuentes, Keeney-Kennicutt, & Davis, 2014). Recently, technological advances related to cost and immersive capabilities have positioned it as an affordable and attractive teaching and learning tool for educators (Johnston, Olivas, Steele, Smith, & Bailey, 2018;Kardong-Edgren et al, 2019;Kavanagh, Luxton-Reilly, Wuensche, & Plimmer, 2017;Radianti, Majchrzak, Fromm, & Wohlgenannt, 2020). While affordability is relative to equipment, authors predict advances will make VR increasingly affordable in the coming years, thus resulting in its adoption and prompting calls for research into VR as an educational tool (Foronda et al, 2020;Radianti et al, 2020).…”

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“…Barriers included software usability, hardware design, and cost. More recently, Radianti et al (2020) conducted an extensive systematic review on how VR has been studied and applied in higher education. They used a narrower definition than Kavanagh et al (2017) and analyzed findings from 38 articles, including two from nursing, and found VR research is primarily developmental, largely atheoretical, and mostly focused on learner experience as opposed to knowledge and skill acquisition.…”

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“…In undertaking this work we aimed to inform future decisions about adopting VR within our curriculum. To address calls for the use of theory in VR integration (Radianti et al, 2020), we used the Exploratory Learning Model (ELM) to guide our work.…”

Section: Virtual Reality As a Teaching Tool In Nursing Educationmentioning

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Nursing students’ engagement and experiences with virtual reality in an undergraduate bioscience course

Thompson

McConnell

2020

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

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ObjectivesThe challenges of bioscience courses such as anatomy and physiology in nursing education are well documented. Virtual reality has recently become accessible and may support student engagement. The purpose of this project was to describe students’ engagement and experiences with virtual reality in a first-year nursing course on anatomy, physiology, and health assessment.MethodsWe used a cross-sectional design and collected both quantitative and qualitative data. The Exploratory Learning Model guided our work.ResultsStudents perceived their engagement to be higher in virtual reality compared to other teaching methods. Their experiences were positive with students reporting that they found it easy to use, it helped their learning, and they recommended more of it.ConclusionsVirtual reality is an accessible tool for supporting student engagement. The Exploratory Learning Model is a useful conceptualization for integrating virtual reality into a course. Future research on the relationship between virtual reality and learning achievements is warranted.

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Section: Virtual Reality As a Teaching Tool In Post-secondary Educationmentioning

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“…VR has shown from the beginning a great potential and was successfully implemented in various fields, for instance, in industrial and professional design [ 1 , 2 ], but also in higher education [ 2 ] or training [ 3 ] According to the literature, possible fields of application of VR in medicine include patients’ rehabilitation [ 4 , 5 , 6 ] such as in case of Traumatic Brain Injury [ 7 ] or Parkinson’s disease [ 8 ], disability management [ 4 ], surgical training [ 4 ], psychological diseases therapy [ 4 ], and treatment of acute and chronic pain [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ].…”

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Immersive Virtual Reality Applications in Schizophrenia Spectrum Therapy: A Systematic Review

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Signorelli

Milazzo

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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(1) Background: Virtual Reality (VR) is a fully immersive computer simulated experience consisting of a three-dimensional interactive virtual environment, through a head-mounted display (HMD) and controller. The use of virtual reality has recently been proposed for the treatment of various psychiatric conditions, including the spectrum of schizophrenia. Our review aims to investigate the current available evidence regarding the use of immersive virtual reality in the treatment of psychotic symptoms. (2) Methods: From April 2019 to June 2020, we conducted a systematic review aimed at identifying therapeutic applications in immersive virtual reality for the spectrum of schizophrenia, searching for relevant studies on Web of Science, EMBASE, PsycINFO and CINHAL. (3) Results: We identified a total of 2601 unique records. Of these, 64 full-text articles were assessed for eligibility, and six out of these met the inclusion criteria and were included in the final systematic review. (4) Conclusions: The available data on immersive virtual reality are currently limited due to the few studies carried out on the topic; however, it has demonstrated its effectiveness and versatility in successfully treating various psychotic symptoms including delusions, hallucinations, or cognitive and social skills. Existing literature agrees on safe, tolerable, and long-term persistence of the therapeutic effects obtained by immersive VR. No serious side effects have been reported. In some specific cases, VR therapy was found to be very effective compared to usual treatment, allowing effective drug free interventions, and therefore without side effects for patients, even in those resistant to normal drug therapies.

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Game on: immersive virtual laboratory simulation improves student learning outcomes & motivation

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The use of gamified learning interventions is expanding in postsecondary education as a means to improve students' motivation and learning outcomes. Virtual laboratory simulations have been used in science education to supplement students' learning, as well as to increase engagement with course material. Due to COVID‐19, many instructors sought to replace or supplement hands‐on ‘wet‐lab’ work in an online environment. In this paper, we explored how the use of head‐mounted display technology in two laboratory simulations impacts learner motivation and learning outcomes. We used a mixed‐methods approach to analyze the experience of 39 undergraduate participants, examining test scores pre‐ and postsimulation, qualitative feedback, and quantitative experience ratings. The head‐mounted display technology was described as easy to use, with eye strain identified as a common occurrence. Participants had increased test scores following the laboratory simulations, with no significant difference between simulation groups. Very positive self‐reported measures of motivation and learner engagement were documented. Ninety‐one percent of participants agreed that virtual reality laboratory simulation would be a good supplement to regular teaching modalities. Overall, our results suggest that immersive virtual reality laboratory simulations experienced through head‐mounted display technology can be used to enhance learning outcomes and increase learner motivation.

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A systematic review of immersive virtual reality applications for higher education: Design elements, lessons learned, and research agenda

Cited by 1,733 publications

References 41 publications

Nursing students’ engagement and experiences with virtual reality in an undergraduate bioscience course

Nursing students’ engagement and experiences with virtual reality in an undergraduate bioscience course

Immersive Virtual Reality Applications in Schizophrenia Spectrum Therapy: A Systematic Review

Game on: immersive virtual laboratory simulation improves student learning outcomes & motivation

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